<p>Thanks to a pioneering set of bionic 'cricket legs', a 10-year-old boy whose both legs were amputated following an attack of meningitis, dreams to play for England one day.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Harvey Parry, whose both legs were amputated when he was just 15-months-old, just loves playing cricket.<br /><br />Thanks to the bionic 'cricket legs' — believed to be the first of their kind in the UK — Harvey is fulfilling his lifetime ambition of playing competitively.<br /><br />"I'd really love to play for England one day. That's my dream," he said while naming Test batsman Joe Root as his hero.<br /><br />"I really love my new legs because when I play cricket I can stand still and bat and also run. I love cricket and playing in a team is such great fun," he told The Sun.<br /><br />Harvey's titanium legs were designed after he was flown to Florida specialist Hanger Prosthetics for a fitting.<br /><br />They were delivered earlier this year and he has now embarked on his first competitive season with his new limbs — which feature a hydraulic knee to help him bend — and he has already been among the wickets and scored dozens of runs.<br /><br />Meningitis is an often lethal infection that attacks membranes around the brain and spine.<br /><br />He was taken to hospital by his mum Carol, a housewife, and IT consultant dad Jon, both 54.<br /><br />Doctors told them their son's only chance of survival was to have his legs amputated just above the knee and to have fingers removed on his right hand.<br /><br />He survived but his remaining stumps were so scarred and sensitive that artificial legs provided by UK's National Health Service were too painful to wear.<br /><br />This spurred his family on to a fundraising mission and they were eventually able to send him to the US to have his first artificial limbs fitted at the age of two.<br /><br />The following year he returned for a pair of running legs and, over the past seven years, the sporty youngster has won a string of gold medals for Britain competing in the Endeavor Games in Oklahoma.<br /><br />Yet one sport he struggled to play was his favourite cricket.<br /><br />Last year he joined West Chiltington & Thakeham Cricket Club, in West Sussex, but found it difficult to bat or bowl due to the restricted movement in his running legs.<br /><br />Harvey said: "It was really frustrating trying to play last season.<br /><br />"If I wore my running legs I couldn't stand still to bat and if I wore my walking legs I couldn't run after I batted.<br /><br />"My friends all tried to help me and sometimes I'd bat and they would run for me, but it wasn't the same."<br /><br />Mum Carol added: "It was so frustrating watching him trying to play and a few times I ended up crying as I could see how much he wanted to.<br /><br />"The club did its best to accommodate him and, on one occasion, he even wore one walking leg and one running leg, to see if that worked," she added. <br /><br /></p>
<p>Thanks to a pioneering set of bionic 'cricket legs', a 10-year-old boy whose both legs were amputated following an attack of meningitis, dreams to play for England one day.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Harvey Parry, whose both legs were amputated when he was just 15-months-old, just loves playing cricket.<br /><br />Thanks to the bionic 'cricket legs' — believed to be the first of their kind in the UK — Harvey is fulfilling his lifetime ambition of playing competitively.<br /><br />"I'd really love to play for England one day. That's my dream," he said while naming Test batsman Joe Root as his hero.<br /><br />"I really love my new legs because when I play cricket I can stand still and bat and also run. I love cricket and playing in a team is such great fun," he told The Sun.<br /><br />Harvey's titanium legs were designed after he was flown to Florida specialist Hanger Prosthetics for a fitting.<br /><br />They were delivered earlier this year and he has now embarked on his first competitive season with his new limbs — which feature a hydraulic knee to help him bend — and he has already been among the wickets and scored dozens of runs.<br /><br />Meningitis is an often lethal infection that attacks membranes around the brain and spine.<br /><br />He was taken to hospital by his mum Carol, a housewife, and IT consultant dad Jon, both 54.<br /><br />Doctors told them their son's only chance of survival was to have his legs amputated just above the knee and to have fingers removed on his right hand.<br /><br />He survived but his remaining stumps were so scarred and sensitive that artificial legs provided by UK's National Health Service were too painful to wear.<br /><br />This spurred his family on to a fundraising mission and they were eventually able to send him to the US to have his first artificial limbs fitted at the age of two.<br /><br />The following year he returned for a pair of running legs and, over the past seven years, the sporty youngster has won a string of gold medals for Britain competing in the Endeavor Games in Oklahoma.<br /><br />Yet one sport he struggled to play was his favourite cricket.<br /><br />Last year he joined West Chiltington & Thakeham Cricket Club, in West Sussex, but found it difficult to bat or bowl due to the restricted movement in his running legs.<br /><br />Harvey said: "It was really frustrating trying to play last season.<br /><br />"If I wore my running legs I couldn't stand still to bat and if I wore my walking legs I couldn't run after I batted.<br /><br />"My friends all tried to help me and sometimes I'd bat and they would run for me, but it wasn't the same."<br /><br />Mum Carol added: "It was so frustrating watching him trying to play and a few times I ended up crying as I could see how much he wanted to.<br /><br />"The club did its best to accommodate him and, on one occasion, he even wore one walking leg and one running leg, to see if that worked," she added. <br /><br /></p>